had

Etymology
From, , from , , from , past and past participle stem of , equivalent to. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * This morning I had an egg for breakfast.
 * A good time was had by all.
 * I felt sure that I had seen him before.
 * 1)  As past subjunctive: would have.
 * I felt sure that I had seen him before.
 * 1)  As past subjunctive: would have.
 * 1)  As past subjunctive: would have.
 * 1)  As past subjunctive: would have.

Usage notes
Had, like, is one of a small number of words to be correctly used twice in succession in English in a non-contrived way, e.g. “He had had several operations previously.”

Derived terms

 * had better
 * had best

Etymology
From, from , from *sh₁-tó-, past participle of. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  seed

Pronoun

 * 1)  where

Etymology
, from.

Noun

 * 1) snake

Etymology
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) hate, hatred

Etymology
From, from. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  army
 * 2)  war

Etymology
, from.

Noun

 * 1)  limit
 * 2)  boundary
 * 3)  until
 * 4)  as far as.
 * 1)  until
 * 2)  as far as.
 * 1)  as far as.

Verb

 * 1) singular past indicative of hävve;.

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) limit
 * 2)  A value to which a sequence converges. Equivalently, the common value of the upper limit and the lower limit of a sequence: if the upper and lower limits are different, then the sequence has no limit (i.e., does not converge).
 * 3) boundary
 * 1) boundary

Verb

 * 1) to walk, go

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) snake

Etymology
From, from. Akin to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) person, individual
 * 2) a character
 * 3) individuality
 * 4) rank, status
 * 5) * 9th century, the Blickling Homilies, "The Third Sunday in Lent"
 * "ang"
 * "ang"

- ġehwelċes hādes menn


 * 1) a person of the Trinity
 * 2) * c. 992, Ælfric, "Of the Catholic Faith"
 * "ang"

- ''Nis sē Fæder āna Þrīnes, oþþe sē Sunu Þrīnes, oþþe sē Hālga Gāst Þrīnes, ac þās þrī hādas sind ān god on ānre godcundnesse.


 * 1) honor, dignity
 * 2) office
 * 3) state, condition; nature, manner
 * 4) gender
 * 5) * c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Nativity of the Holy Virgins"
 * "ang"

- Sēo ġelaðung is ġegaderod of ǣġðres hādes mannum, þæt is, werhādes and wīfhādes.


 * 1)  grammatical person
 * 2) * c. 995, Ælfric, Excerptiones de Arte Grammatica Anglice
 * "ang"

- Þrī hādas sind worda. Sē forma hād is þe spricþ be him selfum ānum ("iċ seċġe", oþþe mid ōðrum mannum on maniġfealdum ġetæle, "wē seċġaþ"). Sē ōðer hād is þe sē forma spricþ tō ("þū sæġst", oþþe maniġfealdlīċe "ġē seċġaþ"). Sē þridda hād is be þǣm þe sē forma hād spricþ tō þǣm ōðrum hāde ("hē sæġþ", oþþe maniġfealdlīċe "hīe seċġaþ").


 * 1) race; kindred, family; tribe, group
 * 2) choir

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) snake, serpent

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) limit
 * 2) boundary

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) snake, serpent

Etymology
. Compare 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) limit

Etymology
From, from , from , from , past participle of. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) seed, seeds
 * 2) semen, sperm